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GHSA-3M8H-6HX2-2479

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-05-28 12:30 – Updated: 2026-05-28 12:30

Details

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

batman-adv: bla: put backbone reference on failed claim hash insert

When batadv_bla_add_claim() fails to insert a new claim into the hash, it leaked a reference to the backbone_gw for which the claim was intended. Call batadv_backbone_gw_put() on the error path to release the reference and avoid leaking the backbone_gw object.

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CVE-2026-46231 (GCVE-0-2026-46231)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-05-28 09:40 – Updated: 2026-05-28 09:40

Title

batman-adv: bla: put backbone reference on failed claim hash insert

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: batman-adv: bla: put backbone reference on failed claim hash insert When batadv_bla_add_claim() fails to insert a new claim into the hash, it leaked a reference to the backbone_gw for which the claim was intended. Call batadv_backbone_gw_put() on the error path to release the reference and avoid leaking the backbone_gw object.

Severity

No CVSS data available.

Assigner

Linux

References

5 references

URL	Tags
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/65419eb4259a26a3c…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fd0ca034c1e71ca76…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0baf4b659cdc7305c…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7cccf4eb4f96d3c3a…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ba9d20ee9076dac32…

Impacted products

2 products

Vendor	Product	Version
Linux	Linux	Affected: 3db0decf1185357d6ab2256d0dede1ca9efda03d , < 65419eb4259a26a3cd3f56fa0e3b3c113bf8c256 (git) Affected: 3db0decf1185357d6ab2256d0dede1ca9efda03d , < fd0ca034c1e71ca7613cde9dd892836b2c2831bd (git) Affected: 3db0decf1185357d6ab2256d0dede1ca9efda03d , < 0baf4b659cdc7305cf685b5a5d60f9e3816ab5d0 (git) Affected: 3db0decf1185357d6ab2256d0dede1ca9efda03d , < 7cccf4eb4f96d3c3af91a00b7a9caa652439542e (git) Affected: 3db0decf1185357d6ab2256d0dede1ca9efda03d , < ba9d20ee9076dac32c371116bacbe72480eb356c (git) Affected: 3fdd337ac0b277a1f40aa73b35283520f426e517 (git) Affected: 485eedfabc2aefac8f09f98a82ba1c1e3e202a6d (git) Affected: 3.16.39 , < 3.17 (semver) Affected: 4.4.217 , < 4.5 (semver)
Linux	Linux	Affected: 4.7 Unaffected: 0 , < 4.7 (semver) Unaffected: 6.6.140 , ≤ 6.6.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.12.90 , ≤ 6.12.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.18.32 , ≤ 6.18.* (semver) Unaffected: 7.0.9 , ≤ 7.0.* (semver) Unaffected: 7.1-rc4 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)

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GHSA-3M8H-6HX2-2479

CVE-2026-46231 (GCVE-0-2026-46231)

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